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To the editor: I appreciated Edward Poll’s “Falling behind the tech curve may constitute malpractice” column (Sept. 23). From a certain perspective, it is distressing to think that the threat of legal malpractice exposure might be the impetus that finally ...

To the editor: I was one of the four Governor’s Council members who voted against Shelby D. Wright’s nomination for a judgeship in the Roxbury Division of the Boston Municipal Court, and it was a good decision. As of that ...

“The case may be hard to make … for denying reformation of a will where, in substantially similar circumstances, we would allow reformation of a trust.” Putnam v. Putnam, 425 Mass. 770, 772 n.3 (1997).

The march of dominance of Chapter 93A in intellectual property disputes continues unabated in Massachusetts. The reason? Chapter 93A provides enhanced remedies of an automatic award of attorneys’ fees and up to three times actual damages — far more favorable ...

Innovative and powerful computing technologies have generated challenging issues under U.S. copyright law in 2013. Two cases with a connection to Massachusetts illustrate the efforts of traditional content providers to use copyright law to attempt to block disruptive technologies.

In today’s economy, it is becoming more common for even small businesses to be doing business in multiple states. As a corporation expands its business, it becomes less clear where it is required to file tax returns and how much ...

On May 21, 1924, 19-year-old Nathan Leopold was out on a mission with his lover and equally brilliant partner, Richard Loeb. When they spotted Loeb’s 14-year-old cousin, Bobby Franks, walking home from an after-school basketball game, they offered him a ...

Earlier this year, the Texas Supreme Court issued an important decision on the question of whether trust litigation can be made subject to mandatory arbitration. In its decision, the Texas court held that an arbitration provision in an inter vivos ...

The proliferation of electronic communications is a hallmark of modern life. But when a person receives an unsolicited telephone call or email, the identity of the speaker or sender is often uncertain and unverifiable. When the speaker or sender purports ...

The Massachusetts Uniform Commercial Code, contained in Chapter 106 of the General Laws, provides the basic legal rules for a number of commercial transactions dealing with sales and leases of goods, checks and other negotiable instruments, bank deposits, electronic funds ...